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'''Vanessa Beeley''' is a British activist and blogger.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Wilson|first=Tom|last2=Starbird|first2=Kate|date=2020-01-14|title=Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: lessons learned and next steps|journal=Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review|language=en-US|volume=1|issue=1|doi=10.37016/mr-2020-002|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
'''Vanessa Beeley''' is a British activist and blogger.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Wilson|first=Tom|last2=Starbird|first2=Kate|date=2020-01-14|title=Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: lessons learned and next steps|journal=Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review|language=en-US|volume=1|issue=1|doi=10.37016/mr-2020-002|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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She is known for her pro-[[Bashar al-Assad]] advocacy, and for promoting |
She is known for her pro-[[Bashar al-Assad]] advocacy, and for promoting awareness of the sabotage orchestrated by the [[White Helmets (Syrian Civil War)|White Helmets]] who she exposes as a [[terrorist]] organization.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2019/10/28/trump-million-syria-jihadist-white-helmets/|title=Trump gives $4.5 million to Syria’s White Helmets, which partnered with jihadists and joined Turkey’s ethnic cleansing|date=2019-09-08|work=Grayzone|access-date=2020-05-24|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://consent.yahoo.com/collectConsent?sessionId=1_cc-session_a42c69d5-4801-4abf-ad30-c4d64ba10166&lang=en-gb&inline=false|title='Conspiracy Theorist' Vanessa Beeley Faces Backlash As Universities Cancel Her 'Journalism' Talks|last=|first=|date=|website=consent.yahoo.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/05/02/assad-supporters-plan-put-media-trial-journalism-syria/|title=Assad Supporters Plan to Put the 'Media on Trial' for Doing Journalism in Syria|website=Snopes.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observers.france24.com/en/20180514-white-helmets-allegations-fact-fiction|title=White Helmets 'staging fake attacks' in Syria? We sort fact from fiction|website=The France 24 Observers|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/the-crazy-club-inside-the-british-propaganda-trips-that-seek-to-legitimise-assad-s-barbarism-1.724176|title=The 'crazy club': Inside the British propaganda trips that seek to legitimise Assad's barbarism|website=The National|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> She frequently appears on the Russian state propaganda networks [[RT (TV network)|RT]] and [[Sputnik (news agency)|Sputnik]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/10/16/why-assad-and-russia-target-the-white-helmets/|title=Why Assad and Russia Target the White Helmets|last=Giovanni|first=Janine di|date=2018-10-16|website=The New York Review of Books|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> She is an editor on the conspiracy website ''21st Century Wire''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://psmag.com/news/lol-stop-going-on-tucker-carlson|title=Dear Leftists: Going on Tucker Carlson Is Not Going to Stop Imperialism|last=Berlatsky|first=Noah|website=Pacific Standard|language=en|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref> In 2017, Russia submitted a report to the [[United Nations Security Council]] that falsely linked the White Helmets to [[al-Qaeda]]; the report was based on a presentation given by Beeley earlier that year.<ref name=":4" /> She has falsely claimed that the White Helmets engage in [[organ harvesting]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/mysterious-death-of-white-helmets-co-founder-spotlights-toxic-propaganda|title=Mysterious death of White Helmets co-founder spotlights toxic propaganda|date=2019-12-24|website=PBS NewsHour|language=en-us|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> |
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In 2016, she met with Assad, describing it as her "proudest moment".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Solon|first=Olivia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/syria-white-helmets-conspiracy-theories|title=How Syria's White Helmets became victims of an online propaganda machine|date=2017-12-18|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-15|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> She has said that [[George Soros]] paid the United Nations to conclude that Assad used [[chemical weapons]] in the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref name=":1" /> She has claimed that al-Qaeda was not behind the [[September 11 attacks]], that the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting]] was staged, and that "Zionists rule France."<ref name=":0" /> In private chats which were later leaked, she admitted that the Assad regime uses torture, but said in those chats that she would never publicly state so.<ref name=":4" /> |
In 2016, she met with Assad, describing it as her "proudest moment".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Solon|first=Olivia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/syria-white-helmets-conspiracy-theories|title=How Syria's White Helmets became victims of an online propaganda machine|date=2017-12-18|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-15|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> She has said that [[George Soros]] paid the United Nations to conclude that Assad used [[chemical weapons]] in the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref name=":1" /> She has claimed that al-Qaeda was not behind the [[September 11 attacks]], that the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting]] was staged, and that "Zionists rule France."<ref name=":0" /> In private chats which were later leaked, she admitted that the Assad regime uses torture, but said in those chats that she would never publicly state so.<ref name=":4" /> |
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Revision as of 02:29, 25 May 2020
Vanessa Beeley is a British activist and blogger.[1]
She is known for her pro-Bashar al-Assad advocacy, and for promoting awareness of the sabotage orchestrated by the White Helmets who she exposes as a terrorist organization.[2][3][4][5][6] She frequently appears on the Russian state propaganda networks RT and Sputnik.[7][3][1] She is an editor on the conspiracy website 21st Century Wire.[8] In 2017, Russia submitted a report to the United Nations Security Council that falsely linked the White Helmets to al-Qaeda; the report was based on a presentation given by Beeley earlier that year.[7] She has falsely claimed that the White Helmets engage in organ harvesting.[9]
In 2016, she met with Assad, describing it as her "proudest moment".[10][7] She has said that George Soros paid the United Nations to conclude that Assad used chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War.[8] She has claimed that al-Qaeda was not behind the September 11 attacks, that the Charlie Hebdo shooting was staged, and that "Zionists rule France."[3] In private chats which were later leaked, she admitted that the Assad regime uses torture, but said in those chats that she would never publicly state so.[7]
She is the daughter of a former British diplomat.[10] She is a former consultant to a waste management company in the Middle East.[7]
References
- ^ a b Wilson, Tom; Starbird, Kate (2020-01-14). "Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: lessons learned and next steps". Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. 1 (1). doi:10.37016/mr-2020-002.
- ^ "Trump gives $4.5 million to Syria's White Helmets, which partnered with jihadists and joined Turkey's ethnic cleansing". Grayzone. 2019-09-08. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ a b c "'Conspiracy Theorist' Vanessa Beeley Faces Backlash As Universities Cancel Her 'Journalism' Talks". consent.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Assad Supporters Plan to Put the 'Media on Trial' for Doing Journalism in Syria". Snopes.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ^ "White Helmets 'staging fake attacks' in Syria? We sort fact from fiction". The France 24 Observers. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ "The 'crazy club': Inside the British propaganda trips that seek to legitimise Assad's barbarism". The National. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ a b c d e Giovanni, Janine di (2018-10-16). "Why Assad and Russia Target the White Helmets". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ a b Berlatsky, Noah. "Dear Leftists: Going on Tucker Carlson Is Not Going to Stop Imperialism". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ^ "Mysterious death of White Helmets co-founder spotlights toxic propaganda". PBS NewsHour. 2019-12-24. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ a b Solon, Olivia (2017-12-18). "How Syria's White Helmets became victims of an online propaganda machine". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-15.